In a small village in Liaoning Province, an honest rural woman suddenly became abnormal six months ago and fell in love with coal. Is there something wrong with coal, or is there something wrong with the people who eat coal themselves?
Moderator: Hello, friends, and welcome to today's Approaching Science. What did you say today? Don't look at the big screen, look at this table first. There is a pile of dark things on the table, so you can't see clearly from your position. But if I pick up a piece and shake it at the camera like this, of course, my clothes are black. If you want to bring it here, you may still not see it clearly. What is this? In fact, it is a very common thing in life, and that is coal. We all know that coal is a very important fossil fuel, especially in the production and life of our country. As an important fuel, the proportion of coal is too large. It can be said that without coal, it is impossible to have our modern society.
What are we going to say about coal today? The careful audience must have seen this, the strange man who eats coal. It is said that there is such a person, holding this coal, just like eating rock candy, crunching and chewing so fragrant that he eats it every day. But when we saw the news, it was the previous description. The newspaper is full of news, and there is not even a photo on it. We're just saying there is such a thing. So whether it is true or not, our reporter decided to find out.
Eating coal is like chewing rock sugar.
5438+At the end of February, 2006, the reporter rushed to pulandian city, Liaoning Province overnight after seeing the report that someone was eating coal. Decided to look for this strange man who can eat coal.
Early the next morning, we arrived at a village on the outskirts of pulandian city. This is the place where the woman who eats coal lives in the report. Under the guidance of fellow villagers, we found her home?
Reporter: Hello, is this Sister Wang's house? Is she at home?
Wang Fang's husband: At home.
Reporter: Hello, Sister Wang.
Reporter: Hello, we are from CCTV. How about coming to see you? How are you now?
Wang Fang: Not bad.
Reporter: We heard that you have the habit of eating coal, right?
Wang Fang: Yes.
What the reporter can't believe is that the elder sister in front of him speaks very quietly. It doesn't look like some strange man who eats coal!
Reporter: What kind of coal do you usually eat?
Wang Fang: Only our black coal.
Reporter: Where is it? Can you show us around?
Wang Fang: It's really a piece of coal.
Reporter: Is this kind of coal edible?
Reporter: Impossible? Isn't this the kind of coal we burn?
Wang Fang: Yes.
Reporter: How to eat this?
Just then, I heard the horn. Is she really eating coal?
Reporter: Do you feel uncomfortable in your mouth when you eat?
Wang Fang: I feel nothing.
Reporter: Can such a big piece of coal be eaten? Hmm.
Reporter: Can you chew it all? In the mouth.
Wang Fang: Hmm.
Reporter: It's all chewed into foam.
Reporter: Did you throw up after dinner or something?
Wang Fang: Swallow it.
You can taste melon seeds by eating coal.
Moderator: You see how simple Wang Fang's answer is. Then how did you finally get rid of this coal? I swallowed it. It sounds simple, but think about it, how could she swallow this coal? I really don't understand.
You said we did many strange things in this program, such as eating clods, drinking gasoline and eating six or six powders. But in any case, people are either dirt, flour or gasoline. It is a liquid. You can pour it directly. You said that this lump of coal, like chewing rock sugar, was chewed up by Gaba Gaba and then swallowed. You think when she chews, she must be full of black foam and then swallow it. What a feeling it is! And I don't think anyone will associate coal with food anyway. Even if it can be connected, you have to consider whether your teeth are good or not. In this way, Wang Fang's teeth should be quite good. Of course, this is our initial feeling. But in the final analysis, we say that there must be something wrong with people who eat this food. So, what makes Wang Fang like coal so much, and coal has such a big temptation for her?
To talk about the temptation of coal to Wang Fang, we must start from an afternoon six months ago.
Wang Fang: When I raise the stove at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, I can smell soot. It may be edible, but it smells so good. Just picked up a piece and plugged it in the door.
Plug it in, pick up a piece, smell it and you can't see it, lick it and you can't see it, so I'll put it in my mouth. It tastes delicious, just like melon seeds, and then I start eating.
Incredibly, Wang Fang can eat melon seeds while eating coal. The reporter tried several times, but he didn't have the courage. Is there anything special about this kind of coal that Wang Fang eats?
In order to find out if there is anything special about this kind of coal that Wang Fang eats. The reporter specially took some coal blocks from Wang Fang's house and sent them to the General Research Institute of Coal Science for testing. I hope we can solve the real reason why Wang Fang eats coal from here.
Reporter: This coal makes us ordinary people smell. Should we not smell anything?
Researcher Chen Yafei, Beijing Coal Chemical Research Branch: There is no smell, because if it is buried underground for a long time, everything with smell has been decomposed.
Director Chen said that the coal he ate was loose bituminous coal. So we see Wang Fang chewing coal. It looks particularly brittle, but it is not very hard.
As we know, coal is a solid organic matter, which was produced by plants on the earth tens of thousands of years ago. The main elements contained in coal are: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and so on. Then, will the coal that Wang Fang eats contain some special substance, which is exactly what her body needs?
A week later, the test results came out.
Researcher Chen Yafei, Beijing Coal Chemical Research Branch: Its structure, discoloration, trace elements, harmful elements, etc. There is nothing special, just a very common one.
Such test results make us even more confused, that is, ordinary coal for cooking. Why does Wang Fang eat it? How did she feel when she first ate coal?
Wang Fang: After eating, I feel as if I have done something wrong, as if I am sorry for someone.
Despite this in her mind, Wang Fang still eats two or three handfuls of coal every day. As soon as the husband goes to work, the children go to school. Wang Fang hastily blocked the gate of the yard and went back to the kitchen to secretly eat coal for a while. However, greed has been solved, and my heart seems to have done something wrong.
In this way, with ambivalence, I ate for more than a month. During this period, the family did not find anything unusual about her.
As the saying goes, "paper can't wrap fire." Finally, one day, her husband found her eating coal secretly.
I feel comfortable when I eat, but I feel uncomfortable when I don't eat
Wang Fang: He lit the stove on the ground, and I smelled it in this room. I am sleeping. When he smelled a little soot in the stove, he wanted to eat.
She thinks that her husband can't get into the kitchen for a while. I went out to grab a handful and put it on the corner of the kang for eating.
Husband: As soon as she coughs, I will tell you how she coughs. She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue to show me what I was doing. She said she ate coal, I said it was delicious, and she said it was delicious.
Wang Fang: He took it from me, and then I said I ate it. I started eating a long time ago.
Husband: Oh, her mouth is full and her eyes are not very good. After eating, she showed me her mouth, and I was shocked.
I saw my wife eating coal. Wang Fang's husband suddenly became stupid. It is said that the strongest reaction in the family is their daughter. As long as she sees her mother eating coal, she will take it away. Why did Wang Fang eat in spite of her family's opposition?
Wang Fang: I feel very comfortable when I eat it. I feel great when I eat it. If you don't eat, you can't say it. I feel sick all over. I feel anxious and dry.
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